Blade and Mounting for a Short Sword (Wakizashi)
Unknown Artist
blade, early 17th century; mounting, 1858
Medium
Steel, wood, lacquer, rayskin (samé), paper, silver, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), copper, gold
Dimensions
L. 23 5/16 in. (59.2 cm); L.of blade 17 in. (43.2 cm); L. of cutting edge 12 3/16 in.(30.9 cm); D. of curvature 1/8 in. (0.3 cm)
Classification
Swords
Culture
Japanese
Department
Arms and Armor
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Brayton Ives and W. T. Walters, 1891
Accession Number
91.2.77
Rights
Public Domain